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UNITED STAES PATENT OFFICE,

CHESTER NV. SYKES, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

CARVING-KNIFE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,061, dated November 8, 1859i.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that- I, CHESTER W. SYKEs, of the city, county, and State OfNew York, have invented a new and Improved Carving- Knife; and I dohereby declare that the following` is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings andtO theletters of reference marked thereupon.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination of shears withthe ordinary carving knife so that the advantages of each instrument areattained.

To enable Others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I willproceed to describe its construction and Operation.

Figure l represents the shears open as if in the act Of use; Fig. 2, theshears closed.

A, is the blade of the knife, differing from ordinary knives in the factthat its back edge B is made sharp and Of such a form as tO fit it to beone of the blades of the shears.

B is the second blade of the shears.

C, is the pivot or fulcrum Of the shears.

D, D comprise the handle of the combined instrument.

E is a spring by which the parts of the handle and the shear blades areseparated.

F F are the hook and eye Or loop and pin by which the parts Of thehandle are held together when the instrument is not in use.

In using the instrument for carving or other purposes, the knife maybeOperated precisely like an ordinary knife, and whenever it is desirableto employ the shears, it will be operated like ordinary shears,Observing only that the blades of the shears are separated by the actionof the spring E and not by the force of the hand as in ordinary shears.The blade B may when advisable as in the case of dividing tenaciousjoints be used as a lever Or wedge.

Besides its use in carving meats the combined instrument may be employedfor pruning, cutting cloth, paper, &c.

IVhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a knife and shears substantially as described as aninstrument especially adapted for carving meats.

CHESTER WV. SYKES.

Witnesses JOHN JOHNSON, CHARLES A. LUTZ.

